Cane



Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,330

I. CAESAR CANE Filed July 22. 1926,

6 INVENTO R 7 I 4 iiw Patented Feb. '28, 1928. v I

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' rem-i Application filed Jiily 22, z The present invention relates toimpro'velike, and has for its'main-object to provide 7 a combination handle and portable lighter 1 wherein a frictional sparking device is employed. I r I "Another 7 a construct the handle and the lighter that the. wick forming part of the lighter may i be both ignited and extinguished while the cane or the like is held by one hand of the 'user, thus permitting the fuser to have :one

hand entirely free for handling'the cigar or cigarette which is to be l-it. i A further object of the invention 1S to provide acombination cane. and lighter,tl 1e lighter element of whichis disposed \Yltllln the handle portion of the cane and concealed from view when not in use.

A still further object of the inventionds to provide avcontrivance of the character mentioned which is simple in COIlStILlCtlOH, eflicient in operation, durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so diflicult to make as to be beyondthe reasonable cost of such a combination.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appearas the nature of the invention is better understood, thesame consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes. may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim,

without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the in vention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a combination. cane handle and lighter constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig.2 is a similar elevation, partly in section, with the parts in open positions; Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof with the parts also in open positions; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 1-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an elevation, partly in section, of the lighter elements of the device. V g

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicatesa handle adapted for attachment to the staff object of theinvention is to so V of .a cane, paraso'l, umbrella or the,like.' .xments in handles of canes, umbrellas and the i This handle may "be of any, suitable shape,

- y 1,660,830; ATEN Q l g according to the requiren'i'entst In thecase' .illustrated, the handle is provided withfa' substantially semi-spherical grasping; p'ortion 11,:wh'ich' is hollowed out, as shown at attached to the body portion 0.45am handle by a spring hinge-13,- which tends to throw thesaid cap into open position, shown, in

.12, it being in the formof a: cap'which is Fig. 2 of thendrawings- The upper section of the body portion 14 of the handle is also hollowed out, as, shown at 15,to provide space for ,aglighter 16. The cap islheldin closing position, preferably, by '3, spring hollowed out portion of. the handle-and designed to engage a project1on 18' on' the cap. The catch is adapted to be released by a depressible button 19 on the body portion of the handle, so as to permit thecapto swing to an open position under the action of the spring hinge 13.

The lighter 16 comprises a casing 20, pref- .erably'of metal, the said casing being fitted into'the hollowed outportion of the handle body. The top .face 21 of the casing is disposed flush with the top edge ofthe handle body. Into the casing extends, as usual in devices of this type, a wick tube 22, the

latter projecting above thetop of the casing and its wick'23 being saturated with a liquid hydrocarbon, such as 'ga'solene, which is stored within the casing. Above the casing topprojects a post 24, on which is rigidly mounted a substantially horizontally extend ing tube 25, provided at its end, adjacent to the wick tube, with lugs 26,,between which is-rotatably mounted a friction disk 27 on a pivot'pin28. This friction disk is of hard metaLsuch as steel, and is roughened on its substantially cylindrical hollow body, havof the nicing anopen end 31, snuglyfitting the free I end ofthe wick tube, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. There is further more mounted within the cap 12 a sparking wheel protector 32, ingthe form of a cap like body, which fits over the said sparking wheel when the cap 12 is in closing position. This s cap-like body is .provided with, anotch 33, in

which the tube 25 isseated when the cap 12 tinguished by using'only that hand which i of thehandle is in its closing position. The operation of this device 1s as follows:

lVhen it is desired to use thelighter, the button 19 is depressed, whereby the cap 12 springs automatically to open position. The user presses one finger of the hand, in

-tion and a cap hinged thereto, a lighter fitted which the cane o'r -the like is heldfagainst the exposed periphery of the friction disk '27 and moves the said finger so as to rotate the "friction disk in the direction of the arrow shown in- Flg. 3' of the drawings,

whereupon a shower of sparks is driven from, the pyrophoric material against the exposed portion of the wick, the'rebyignithing the latter. After using the device, the

tube-,thereby extinguishing the flame. At

. cover 12 of the handle is closed, whereby the flame extinguisher 30 is brought'into closeengagementv with the free end of the wick the same time the sparking wheel protector is swung over the latter.

i It is obvious that, while herein a specific lighter construction has been described, any

- 7 other may be-used without departing from the invention, which lies mainly in the provision of a can handle. so constructed that the wickof the lighter may be lit and ex-v holds the handle, and furthermore in so arranging the elements of the lighter that'they are concealed from view when not in use, What I claim is,:-' A handle composed of a hollow' body porinto said body portion comprising a casing,

a wick tube projecting above the upperedge ofsaid body portion, a friction disk rotatably mounted upon said casing adjacent the I free end of said wick tube, a sparklng element 1n engagement with said friction. dish,

a flame extinguisher attached to the inner face of said cap adapted to snugly fit the free end of said wick tube when said cap is in its closing position, and a cap-like body also. mounted within said cap adapted to fit over said-friction disk when said cap'is in its closing position. 1

Signed at New York, in the county of New'York; and State of New York, this- 18th day of May, A. D. 1926. I

IRVING CAESAR. 

